Fire-extinguisher.



PATENTED AUG. 4, 1903.

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ATTORNEYS No. 735,480. I PATENTED AUG. 4, 1903. r 0. J. EIGHHORN.

FIRE EXTINGUISHEE.

APPLICATION FILED mm. 14, 1903.

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PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES J. EICHHORN, OF JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE TEA TRAY COMPANY, OFNEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

FlREa-EXTlNGUlSHER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 735,480, dated August 4,1903.

Application filed March 14,1903 Serial No. 147,851- (No model.) i

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES J. EICHHOBN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented and produced a new and original Improvement inFire-Extinguishers and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersof reference marked thereon which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates more particularly to certain improvements in thatpart of a fireextinguisher known as the bottle-holder or cage, in whichis seated the package, preferably a glass bottle, containing the acid orother chemical to be combined with another in the body of the device toproduce the effervescence and pressure of gas by which the watercontained in the extinguisher is forced out to extinguish the fire.

The objects of the invention are to enable the receptacle or cage andthe bottle contained therein to be more conveniently re moved from theextinguisher for the purpose of changing, cleaning, renewing, .or otherpurposes, to enable the bottle to be more quickly removed from the cage,to simplify the construction and reduce the cost thereof, to enable thetop or cap of the extinguisher to be removed without at the same timeremoving the bottle and its contents, and to secure other advantages andresults, some of which may be referred to hereinafter in connection withthe description of the working thereof; and Fig. 2 is a perspective viewof the improved cage or bottle-receptacle, showing the same detachedfrom the body of the extinguisher. i

Insaid drawings, (1 indicates the body of the extinguisher, which may beof any ordinary construction, said body having at the top thereof anannular mouthpiece 1), adapted to furnish interiorly a seat for the cage0 and exteriorly bearings against which the upper portion of thesheet-metal body is fastened by means of solder orany other suitablemeans, the said annular mouthpiece I) being provided with exteriorscrew-threads to receive the cover (Z.

The cage 0 is suspended from the interior seat e of the mouthpiece andis provided at its top with two semicircular pieces f f, separable fromone another and which in turn each supports two depending limbs g g,which project vertically downward at the sides of the bottle orreceptacle h to a bottom ring or plate 1', to which the saiddownwardly-projecting limbs g g are riveted or otherwise fastened, thesaid bottom plate 1' serving as a seat or flooring upon which-the bottleor package rests. Near the top of the said limbs the same are bent moreor less to engage the upper shoulders of the bottle, and thus preventthe bottle from falling out from the cage by accident or inadvertence.

The semicircular pieces ff at the top of the cage permit the spreadingof the upper parts of one pair of limbs from those of the other pair,soas to permit the easy withdrawal or removal of the bottle from the cagefor purposes of cleaning, changing, renewing, &c. The limbs g g arepreferably of resilient metal, so that after they are once spread topermit the removal of the bottle, and thenreleased there guisher isturned to its normal position the said guides will cause the stopper mto fall tion and closing the bottle, the remainder of the contents beingreserved for further use.

The extinguisher is provided with any ordinary means for directing thespray or water therefrom to the fire tobe extinguished and for carryingtheextinguisher While using it, the latter means not being shown.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is i 1. Thecombination with the body portion of the extinguisher and its cover orcap, of a cage comprising a bottom plate, limbs extending up therefromand separable pieces fastened to the top of said limbs and extendinglaterally therefrom and adapted to lie on the top of the said bodyportion said cage being suspendedin the top of said body and separabletherefrom and from its cap, and adapted to receive a bottle and hold itwithin the said extinguisher, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with the body portion of an extinguisher and its cap,of a cage having atop comprising two separable pieces seated on andconnecting each a pair of limbs and adapted to be spread or opened apartto permit the insertion of a bottle, said cage being adapted to beseated at the mouth of the extinguisher, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with the extinguisher having a seat in the mouththereof, of a removable cage, comprising a bottom plate, limbs adaptedto extend from said bottom plate to the top of said cage andsemicircular pieces fastened at the top of said limbs and adapted to fitwithin the mouth of the extinguisher and when released from saidextinguisher adapted to spread apart to permit the removal of the bottletherefrom, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination with the body and cap or cover of the extinguisher,of a cage comprising a bottom plate or seat for the bottle, limbsextending up from said bottom plate, and separable rings fastened at thetop of said limbs and having a vertical guide on which the stopper mayslide to and from the mouth of the bottle, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this28th day of February, 1903.

CHARLES J. EIOHHORN.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, O. B. PITNEY.

